News Briefs

5/29/2014, Iyar 29, 5774

US House of Representatives Approved Sanctions on Venezuelans

The American House of Representatives approved last night (Wednesday) of the placement of sanctions on those citizens of Venezuela responsible for the violation of human rights at demonstrations against the government on Caracas over the past few months.

The law will allow Obama’s government to prevent certain Venezuelan citizens from receiving visas into the United States and to freeze their assets currently on US soil.